The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current, July 25, 1910, Image 5
IOWA DEMOCRATS HOLD SESSION h CongressIonuIGcnysntianAdopts Pla'.fcrm Mcdsl far Slate, DEMAND FOR TARIFF REFORM, Pledge Nominee to Investigate All De partments With View to Retrench mentClint Price Makes Address Along Same Lines Postal Savings Bank Bill Denounced. Des Moines, July 22. The Demo crats of the Seventh district held the last of the congressional district con ventions here. There was a small at at.tendance, as Clint U Price, editor of the Indianola Advocate, had already been nominated for congress at the primary. The delegates adopted a platform, however, which will probably be a model for their state platform. They quoted Senator Aldrlch in regard to alleged extravagance of the govern ment and pledged the Democratic nom inee to a thorough investigation of all departments with a view to retrench ment. The resolutions also demand' tariff reform and reduction in schedules on cotton and woolen goods and free iron and steel. They favor election of sen ators, the income tax, bank guaranty and denounced the postal savings bank bill as passed by congress. Mr. Price, the nominee, made an ad drees along the same lines. TRAIN FALLS FROM BRIDGE Structure Over Cotton River Gives Way and Mason City Men Hurt. Mason City, la., July 22. While a Northwestern engine and freight train were passing the bridge spanning Cot ton river, three miles south of San born, Minn., the structure gave way and the train plunged thirty feet into the river. Engineer Loonier and Fire- man Shaffer of this city were badly hurt and were hurried to Rochester. The train Is a complete wreck. The bridge is a seventy-foot span, and must be entirely rebuilt. YOUNG MAN KILLED BY TRAIN Lester Harris of Atlantic Run Down by Rock Island Express. Atlantic, la., July 22. Lester Har ris, aged eighteen years, was instantly killed by eastbound Rock Island train No. 26 half a mile west of the station. The accident occurred on a high grade where the train could be seen for half a mile. Young Harris was the son of E. E. Harris, a wealthy farmer resid ing six miles north of here. Editor Becomes Federal Marshal. Webster City, la., July 22. Word has just reached here that Albert J. Martin, editor of the Unionvllle (Mo.) Republican and a former well known Webster City resident, ha3 been ap pointed United States marshal at Kansas City by President Taft. The place pays $4,000 a year. Martin is a son of D. I. Martin, an inmate of the soldiers' home at Marshalltown, and a sister of Mrs. A. J. Bish of this city For many years he worked in this city as a printer In the old Tribune office under C. D. Hellen. loiter he went to Missouri and got into business for him self.' Panora Banker Fatally Hurt. Panora, la., July 22. H. Max Cul bertson, cashier the Citizens' State bank, and four other prominent Pa nora business men were b:ully injured when an automobile driven by one ol the party, P. Hart, collided with fence post while returning from the firemen's tournament r.t Perry. The men were fou:U unconscious by an other party oi autoists a half hour later. CulberUon cannot live, doctors said. WELCH LEDDOUBLE LIFE Za-rjning Disclosures Results in Ciare of B garr.y. D'.verport. I.t., Ju.y 22. E J ward cl..h ! ,1 A.e iu Davenport t:.o las-t Ncvuij: r, wntn, under the .-i o: Il'w.'.rd Morris, he was mar U '-.e..a Tripp, h:s wile charges. Ve:;h already i.al one wife living 1;; ar.jti.er part of tl.e ity. l or nearly i. ;; r !? 8:::ccede.l iu dividing his tine l.e'.v.een h!s fro wives without f elr s.u;tt'uj; itzt anything waa wrcrj. 1 his w;-'-:: a flrj at one of his bom s revealed to his ot'.ier wife that she had a rival in his affections. Welch was arrested for lUamy and was bound over to the g'-ard jury. SEEKS TO STOP DQUBLEFILINGS Judge Fr:st cf Lincoln Issues R3s.ralnlr.ff Order. ROSEWATES STARTS SUIT. GIHL DEAD, KOTi'.ZR IY1G Mies Fern Roberts of Lorimor Pours Oil on the Fire. Creston. Ia., July 22. Miss Fern Roberts, the ten ye-r old stepdaughter of Ole Smith of Loriiuor, Is dead as the result of burns received while en deavoring to start a Are with kerosene, and her mother, who was probably fa tally burned' in trying to extinguish the flames on the girl's clothing, lies in a critical condition at her borne. GLUE IS FOUND AT MASON CITY BloodstalnedKandkerchlef Baars a Telltale Leltsr. Mason City, la., July 22. A blood stained handkerchief, marked with the initial "A," was found at a spring a few rods from where lay the dead body of Henry Luckus, who was mur dered here last Saturday night. That Is was the property of the party be lieved to be implicated In the mur der of the young baker is the theory of the police. A careful analysis of the stains on the handkerchief make It certain that they are those of human blood. The handkerchief was found crumpled up as If it had been used in wiping the blood from the hands of the murderer, who went to the spring to wash after committing the deed. Balstey Bound Over. Fort Bodge, la., July 22. Jacob Balsley, aged twenty-five, residing at Border Plains, was given a hearing on the charge of criminal assault on Sarah Clark, a weak minded girl of the same village. Balsley was bound over to the grand jury and placed In the Webster county jail. His hearing will be in September. John Lightfoot Is Killed. , Farmington, la., July 22 John Lightfoot, vice president of the First National bank of Farmington, and one of the wealthiest farmers in this local ity, was run over by a loaded wagon and was killed. Republican National Committeeman Would Prevent Secretary of State Junkin From Certifying Candidates on Two Tickets Who Fail to Pay Fees for Both Filings. Lincoln, July 22. Secretary of State Junkin was restrained from certifying out to the county clerks the names of those candidates who have filed on more than one ticket and paid only one filing fee. The order was Issued by Judge Lincoln Frost of the district court on application of Victor Rose- water, acting through John O. Yeiser, attorney. The effect of the order, If made permanent, will be to prevent Democrats filing on both the Demo cratic and Populist tickets and Popu lists filing on both tickets. All of the Democratic candidates for United States senator Mr. Hitchcock, Mr, Metcalfe and Mr. Reed have filed on both tickets, and so has Governor Shallenborger, candidate for re-elec tion. All of the Democratic candidates for congress got on two tickets, a3 did nu merous candidates for the legislature. One Prohibitionist candidate for Unit ed States senator, Thomas M. E. Blr mlngham, got on three tickets, while a candidate for congress in the Sixth district, Robert G. Ross, has his name filed on four tickets. s i.. -m I . . .J r-' The order signed by Judge Frost is as follows: "It is therefore considered, ordered and decreed that the defendant be, and hereby is, temporarily restrained from making or publisning the names of any candidates upon any prelim inary notice or upon any sample bal lot, or from certifying the names of any candidates for nomination at the primaries of any political party for Aug. It?, 1910, excepting only in cases where the filing fee, fixed in amount by statute, has been previously paid, as shown by the presentation of the receipt of the proper county treasurer at the time of such filing, separately and distinct for each party upon which such nomination was requested. "It is further ordered that the hear ing for temporary injunction 13 hereby set for the 27th day of July, 1910, at 1 o'clock p. m., or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard'; the said re straining order to continue In force until said hearing." CH NA MAKES REPLY Calls At'.ent oi ct ."iusiia and Japan to P.rt5T...; '..1 Treaty. Peking, July I:. China' reply to he annoum etiu'iit of the recently con- luded Russian Japanese convention was delivered at the legations of these two countries. As had been expected, the Peking government does not fail to point out its satisfaction at the ex pressed purposes upon the part of Rus sia and Japan to adhere to the terms Of the Portsmouth treaty, and over the mutual pledge of the maintenance In Manchuria of the status quo and the principle of the opeu door for com mercial development. In this connection China lays spe- tlal emphasis upon article 3 of the Portsmouth treaty, which reads as follows: "Japan and Russia mutually en gaged: (l) To evacuate completely and simultaneously Manchuria, except the territory effected by the lease of the Llau Tung peninsula In conformity with the provisions of additional ar ELEVEN KILLED AT F0KTM0NR0E Accident al Target Practice is Fatal to Arti lerymen. BREECH BLOCK IS BLOWN OUT. Disaster Occurs While Squad of Stu dent Officers Is Endeavoring to Sink Targets Representing Imaginary Hostile Fleet Commander of Bat. tery Among the Victims. Harvest Weather It Ideal and Work Is Being Pushed t Limit by Farmers. Harvard. Nb, July 22. Harvest neather has been Ideal and thresh- ng and stacking Is being pushed' bo rapidly that by the end of this weeks the largest part of the crop will be ihreshed or safely in stack. Clay county Is producing one of the iest wheat crops ever raised for the lumber of acres sown, while the oat :rop Is also one of the best. Cora is solding wetf and has good growth, but rains are desired soon to save It from aarm, though the cool weather help jut materially considering the dry coalitions. Fort Monroe, Va., July 22 Eleven irtlllerymen are dead and several oth ers seriously Injured, Including two officers, as the result of the blowing tide 1, annexed to this treaty; and put of a breech lock In a 12 Inch shore (2) to restore entirely and completely gun at the De Russey battery during the coast artillery practice here The accident occurred while student officers were endeavoring to sink a fleet of towed targets, representing an Imaginary hostile fleet proceeding toward Washington. The battery was under the Immediate command of Ser geant Harry Haas of the Sixty-ninth company, United States coast artillery. The dead: Sergeant Harry G. Haas of Phoebus, Va., gun commander; Cor poral Charles O. Adklns, address un known; Corporal Albert Bradford of Dorothy, V. Va.; Private A. J. Sulll van of Perkins. Ky.; Trlvnte Roy Duf fy of Kenova, W. Va.; Private 11. A. Adey of Brandonvillo, V. Va.; Private C. V. King of Dayton, O.; Private John V. Chadwlck of Taaswoll, Tenn.; Private Alfred W. Smith of New York; Private Judd 12. Hogan of Gey rr, 0.; Private James II. Turner of Ripley, Tenn One private wns blown Into Chesn peake bay with the breech lock. Lieu Phll.Klilnlln. Julv 22. On the tenant van Ihisen Buffered a broken charge of selling decomposed eggs lg and Lieutenant Hawes was wound that were shipped to Philadelphia from pd about the face. The bodies of the Nebraska, William J. Wilson, freight artillerymen were terribly mnngled. claim audit of the Reading railway. Tho wounded' were rushed to the fort is under ball here for a hearing today, hospital. The arrest was the continuation of a l he disaster wns witnessed by a case In which a commission firm here number of prominent officers of the was fined $200 for selling bad eggs, "my and navy, who were here to see to the exclusive administration of China all portions of Manchuria now In the occupation of or under the control of the Japanese or Russian troops, with the exception of the territory above mentioned. The government of RuKsla declares that It has not in Manchuria any territorial advantages or preferential or exclusive conces sions in impairment of Chinese sov ereigns, or Inconsistent with the principle of equal opportunity." HELD FOR SELLING DECOMPOSED EGGS Railroads Make Practice o! Marketing Spoiled Stuff. CLAY COUNTY CROPS Millers Fighting Verdict Omaha, July 22. Alleging that th blenched flour trial at Kansas Cltjr recently avoided a proper result and leclslon as to the deleterious effects Df bleaching flour, millers of Nebraska are In a move for further trials. Mill ers from all parts of the state held a meeting at the Millard hotel and passed resolutions asking for a fight through the highest courts. Country Home It Burned. Broken How, Neb., July 22. Whll J. 11. Drown, a prominent farmer of here, was attending a wild west show with his family at the fair grounds, his residence, a large two story struc ture, was totally destroyed by fire. How the fire originated Is a mystery.- Grand Chorus at Saengerfest. Omaha, July 22. The feature of th snengerfest was the grand massod male chorus of 2,000 voices. The Aud itorium contained 10,000 auditors of the most enthusiastic kind. FLEGE DENIES THAT HEJULLED SISTER Wealthy Nebraska Farmer Still in Jail at Ponca. ASK BOARD TO EXPLAIN LAW OPTION MOTION 13 TABLED Cttumwa Witnesses Forcgetful. Ottumwa, la., July 22. Extreme for getfulness characterized the witnesses for the state in the case brought by Attorney General Dyers to oust T. J. Phillips, mayor of Ottumwa. The ourt was compelled to threaten jail sentence to make one of the witnesses talk. Evidence showed the existence of an Improper resort next door to the residence of the mayor and with his knowledge. Little Girl Bound by Robber. Mason City, la., July 22 During the temporary absence from her home of Mrs. Bessie Taylor, a masked robber entered the home at midnight, seized the ten-yearold daughter, who was awaiting the homecoming of her moth or, tied her hands behind her and a handkerchief over her mouth and ran sacked the house. Two gold watches and some money was secured. Interurban a Go. Iowa City, la., J.ily 22. Tho $85,000 mark was passed iu the campaign for funds for the Iowa Clty-Ottumwa In terurban, and it is expected that the full $100,000 will bo reached In a few days. Resides this, farmers living be tween Iowa City and tho county line have subscribed $.10,000 for tho line. Roads Want Interstate Commission to Interpret Long and Short Haul Clause. Washington, July 22. It was learned unofficially that the railroads are mak ing active preparations to ask the In terstate commerce commission to in terpret the long and short haul clause of the railroad rate law. The roads are making revisions of their tariffs which quote higher rates for the short haul to be filed with the commission before this section of the new law goes Into effect on Aug. 17. It Is reported that. Immediately after that date the roads will put In appli cations to make these rates permanent. Sues Wrong Man for Divorce. Seattle, July 22. The divorce suit of Tillie S. Spalding against W. S. Spalding was dismissed in the superior court. The plaintiff s counsel stated that the wrong man had been sued. Mrs. Spalding was married In Kauff man county. Texas, in 1897, to a W. S. Spalding, who deserted her In 1890. Mrs. Spalding brought suit against a Seattle painter of that name, but he proved a satisfactory alibi. Rosebud Registration Delayed. Pierre, S. D., July 22. On account of allotment work being Incompleted no arrangements will be made for reg istration this fall for Pine Ridge and Rosebud lands to be opened In this state, but an attempt will be made to get to the registration early enough next spring to allow settle ment next summer. Seven Deaths From Heat. Imperial, Cal., July 22 Seven vie t!m3 have been claimed by the heat of he last three days In the Imperial valley. This Is the first Instance In the history of the valley where resi dents have succumbed to heat. The deaths are attributed to the extraor dlnary humidity. Jimmy O'Rourke Speechless. Columbus, 0 July 22. Jimmy O'Rourke, third baseman of the Co lumbus American association nine, who was hit in the head by a pitched ball by Rill Essiek of the Kansas City nine, is still speechless nt Grant hos jiltal. Buffalo County Republicans Vote Down Resolutions to Instruct. Kearney, Neb., July 22. The Repub licans of Buffalo county held their convention in this city. Senator Nor rls Brown addressed the convention and reviewed the work done by the late congress. He lauded President Taft for his work In carrying out the party promises. C. A. Clark of Ravenna off red n resolution indorsing county option and instructing delegates to the state convention to vote for tho same In the state platform. An amendment was immediately offered to the effect that delegates go to the convention unlnstructed. J. II. Chapman moved that the amendment lie tabled. The chair ruled that should the amendment be tabled It would include also the original motion. A vote was taken and the motion was carried by a vote of 53 to 39. The commission firm made affidavit that it was acting for the railroad company in the matter and that It re celved only a commission in the tran action. Upon the arrival of the eggs here from the west the firm to which they were consigned refused to accept them. With the eggs left on his hands, it Is charged, Wilson called in the battle practice. The wives and children of several of the men killed were present and saw them meet a terrible death. FATAL FIRE IN NEW YORK Lambirt Funeral at Newton. Newton, la., July 22. The body c." Everett Ijmib.rt reached here fio:i, Denver nn.l the funeral was held th!:' afternoon. Women Lest on Mountain. Banff. Alberta, July 22. Miss I'd win and two women whose names are not known, who itarted to climb Run del mountain, have not been heard of since. Great concern is felt for their safety and the northwest, mounted po lice are searching for them. N. N. G. AT TARGET PRACTICE Three Hundred Persons Driven From Their Homes by Blaze In Factory. New York, July 22. One person was the commission firm to dispose of killed, another is missing and 30) tene- them. Thirty dozen of them were hnt dwellers were driven from their nnrchased by ncents of the state food homes In a panic as the result of a department and many were found to Are which burned out the three upper he unfit for use. floors of a seven-story factory bulla- Harrv P. Cassldy. special agent of lnS at Lewis and Rlvlngton streets. the state dairy and food department, ine aeaa man was iiarrisn lsagea, a liscussinn the case, Bald: watenman, wnose mirnea uouy was "This Instance Is onlv one indlca- roi,n(1 on 11,6 81x,n n"or. wl,cre ne had t'on of the custom of the railroads of fallen while trying to escape. An un workltie off their damaged foodstuffs identified boy, who was given permls nn tho nubile. The extent of the nrac Bion to BPend the nSht 011 the roof, tlce is enormous. Not onlv are eecs la believed to have perished which Inve t'.eterlorated In transit Although threatened, the surround handed over to commission merchants lnB buildings were untouched by the to sell for what thev can brinz. but flarn(,s nnd the panic stricken tenants many other kinds of perishable freight returned to their homes as soon as the nro flUtrthntP.l livthn ml Iron da In "re nan ueen exunguisnea. menion their desire to make up as far as pos sible for their losses In having goods dnn'.ased in transit. It is our intention to break up this nbomlnablo traffic. YESTERDAYS RESULTS etary Iosr is comparatively small. WARNS OF MEXICO LAND LURE Consul at Mazatlan Cautions Amer icans Against Colonization Scheme. Washington, July 22. In a report to the department of commerce and U'.bor, Consul Alger at Mazatlan, Mex., Officers and Sharpshooters of Two Ne braska Regiments at Ashland. " Ashland, Neb., July 22. Officers and sharpshooters of the two regiments of the Nebraska national guard are In camp this week at the rifle range site along the Platte river, three miles northeast of Ashland. Threo prizes are being competed for, the first $100, second $05 nnd third $35. A silver cup will also be awarded the member of the revolver team who makes tho highest Individual score up to tonight, when the shooting will end. Medals will also be given company men mak ing the best Bcores. About 150 men are In the camp. These Include six tenms of officers, four rifle and' re volver tennis nnd five enlisted men from each company of the guard, who lire shooting for highest scores. State Horticultural Society. Beatrice, Neb., July 22 The sum mer meeting of the Nebraska State Horticultural society convened at Wy more, with an attendance of fifty dele gates. The program consisted' of a paper by Mrs. J, A. Reullng of Wy more, and addresses by A. D. McCand less of Wymorn, C. S. Harrison of Yoik and Mr. Yager of Fremont. Hastings Brick Plant Burns. Hastings, Neb., July 22. The Pol ensje, Shellnk & Co. s brick plant was almost totally destroyed by fire. The loss Is about $20.00.0 und the in- surnnc! h ss th:in $7,000. The fire started fnni cinders which hal been thrown nvlnst the door rf t'i' holler l'0't' !"nt 5'io.onn hrlci wor" ii't T "'f- vil' h rebuilt. National League. At Chicago: R.H.E Chicago 0 0 0 00 3 0 003 6 0 cautions American farmers to make Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 careful Investigation before invest- Hrown-Kllng; Frock-Graham. in Mexican farms and warns At St. Louis: R.H.E. them against being lured by promises St. Louis 00 0 00 0 2002 7 2 ' comfortable homes In tropical New York 00000000 00 6 2 lands. He calls attention to the obsta SalleeBresnahan: WIItse-Myers. cles to be encountered by a man not At Cincinnati: R.H.E . accustomed to the climate and lan Cincinnati 0 0 2 00 0 0 002 5 I SW. Colonization and land compa- Philadelphia ...1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 0 nlfia n 8av8 are Inducing settlers to Rowan-McLean; Moore-Dooln. 8'l a'l they possess In the United At Pittsburg First game: R.H.E. States to take up from 100 to 200 acres Pittsburg 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 r 5 9 0 ,D Mexico. T)rnilfhn 1 AAAAAAAA 1 rl uiwwnijii , , 1 V " V V J V U V 1 O 1 I A n ft fct 1 ft T MIIIIAnP 1 1 1 I I Camnltz Gibson: Rucker Erv.ln. bnAWV Ml OHUrtlYIUnC nlLL ' F ' SeconiV came: n II R Fittsburg 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 -7 11 0 Armenian Whose Appearance ArouBed Brooklyn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 8 0 suspicion i axen in ,narge White Gibson; Wllhelm Erwln. Oyster Bay, N. Y., July 22. In re- American League. sponse to a telephone message from At Philadelphia: R.H.E. Sagamore Hill, Charles Townsend, Philadelphia ....0 0 00 1 1 0002 7 1 constable of Oyster Bay, hurried to Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 8 2 Mr- Hoosevelt s home and took In Plank-Thomas; Wiilsh-Sulllvan. charge Rev. Georgo Nathaniel, an Ar At Boston: R.H.E. tncnlnn priest, about fifty years old Boston 0 2 1 0 00 0 1 4 fi 1 Mr. Nothanl"! wanted Mr. Roosevelt Ponca, Neb., July 22. William Flege made a statement to reporters, lu which he denied any knowledge of how his sister, Miss Louise Floge, was murdered June 20 last. Flege now Is held In the county Jail at Poa ca under the charge of being the man who killed Miss Flege. The wealthy farmer was arrested: upon Information given to Sheriff Q. L. Mears of Wayne county by William Elchtencamp, a boy employed on th farm. The boy said he saw Flege shoot his sister. If that boy says that, he Is a liar." was the vehement rejoinder from th prisoner. W. C. Davenport, a detective, has la his possession the shirt which Fleg wore on the day of the murder. Th officer assorts that it Is blood stained. The preliminary hoarlng will tak place before County Judge Fred W. Brown tho first of next week. County Attorney Kingsbury will file formal complaint against the man today. WOMAN JUMPS FROM SHIP Mrs. Mayo Commits Suicide While on Way Home From Savannah. New York, July 22. Mrs. Marion Mayo of Augusta, Ga reputed to be- wealthy and of Boclal position, who took passage on the steamer City of Columbus from Savannah, was missing when tho steamer reached New York. Captain Johnson of the City of Co lumbus said he believed Mrs. Mayo had stolen out or her stateroom during the night and throwu herself Into the water during the voyage. Captain Johnson aald that Mrs. Mayo was an Interested spectator of the burial at sea of a negro cook and' that after that Hhe went to her cabin and wa not seen again. MOWER IS FOUND GUILTY Former Beatrice Man li Convicted of Killing Neil McCoig. Kansas City, July 22. Ward Mower, formerly of Beatrice, Neb., was found guilty of murder In the second degree In the criminal court In Kansas City. Kan. Mower killed Nell McCoig In a lonely ravine In Kansas City, Kan., last winter. The killing followed a quarrel over a woman. The Jury re turned a verdict after deliberating five, hours. Sentence will be pronounced" later. Detroit 00000 0 0000 4 1 Karger-Cnrrlgan; Stroud Stnnnge At Washington: R.H E Washington ... .0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 11 1 Cleveland 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 01 8 1 Relsllng Beckendorf ; Link Easterly At New York: R.H.I' New York G 3 3 1 3 0 3 1 19 15 0 St. I-ouls 0 0 00 2 0 0 00 2 7 8 Vaughn-Mitchell; Ray-Stephens. Western League. At Omaha: R.H.E Omaha 4 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 10 12 0 Sioux City 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 5 10 6 Holletibeck Cadnian; McLean-Miller. At Lincoln: R.H.E. Lincoln 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 7 0 Des Moines 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 04 C 0 Fox-Kruger; llerehe-Cleninions. At Wichita: R.H.E. Wichita 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 3 St. Joseph 0 3 1 0 0 1 00 510 10 2 Inirhain-Jokerst; Manske Frambes. At Denver: R U E. Topeka 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 2 Denver 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 3 8 15 1 Mania Kfns; Olmuluud McMurrnv. to subscribe $r00 for a hospital In the holy land. He walked nil I'.v wjy to Sagamore Hill. His s;!eli mil np- Jearance aroused the suspicion of the butler, who refused to let him s'-e the colonel. ' . Crlppen Tr;il test In Oain. Paris. July VI T!.f rro.urnir at Vernet I.es n.iies h 'ill a te.egram to the Biiretle getiera'.e o 1'ans confirm Ing the Identity of the i.iiiii who ar rived hero under the name of Tarhot on Sunday as Dr. Hi.wlcy H. Crlppen. The procureur believes the American dentist crossed the French frontier Into Spain. Lets Innocent Man Die In Prison. Tours, France, July 22. A ragpicker named Joseph confessed to the nssns Blnatlon on April 21, 1901, of flvo chil dren ofla farmer named Brlere In the vicinity of Chartres. The father of the children had been found guilty of the murders and sentenced to life Im prisonment. He died In prison. Town Menaced by Forest Fire. Chicago, July 22. Reports that se eral hundred people aro hemmed In by flames at Bloomvllle and Gleason, Wis., are Incorrect. The only town In that vicinity which has been Beriously damaged by fire Is 1 ineman. The town of Galloway is surrounded by a wall of fire about ten miles wide, but It is not believed to be in Immediate peril. No lives have been lost. Auto Kills Omaha Boy. Omaha, July 22. Harry, the five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. William Drcfs, 2018 Hamilton street, was ht nnd almost Instantly killed before his parents' house by an automobile driv en by C. Sundell. Sundell, who was arrested Immediately after the occur rence, Is held cm the charge of man slaughter. Negro Burns Himself to Death. Baltimore, July 22. After saturat ing IiIb clothes with kerosene and ap plying n match a negro leaped from Long bridge, at tho foot or Light street. The body was recovered some time later.